Mumbai: A minor was among four men arrested by the Bandra Kurla Complex Cyber Crime police recently for blackmarketing of World Cup tickets. Taking note of the last-minute clamour for tickets, the cyber crime police kept an eye on websites to crack down on blackmarket deals. On March 29, the officers came across a post on www.quickr.com with the subject ‘Final Match Passes of the World Cup 2011’. It read: “Hey, I have the passes of the World Cup 2011 of the lower east at the best price, you can contact me on...... Churchgate dealer Rs 10,500/-, Chembur dealer Rs 30,000?/-, Marine Lines dealers Rs 35,000/-, and Final match of World Cup passes available for east stand Rs 28,000/- and Sunil Gavaskar stand Rs 31,000/- price is fixed, do not call for bargaining or any negotiation, call me on......Do not SMS. But if you buy only above 5 passes it gives best price ( sic ).”
The suspects have been identified as Aman Ashok Jain (18), Surojit Maji (19), Jinkesh Godani (18) and a 17-year-old boy.
“Our officers called up on the mobile number posing as people looking for tickets. On March 30, they fixed a meeting in Mahim. Jain, Maji and two others met our officers. Maji told the team that the person with tickets will not come and asked them to meet him in the Churchgate area the following afternoon,” said a Crime Branch officer who did not wish to be named.
“The police team met Maji the next day. They went to Lalbaug Industrial Estate area for the tickets. Another accomplice handed two tickets to Maji, following which he was arrested. Probe revealed that the advertisement on the website was posted by a 17-year-old, and the tickets being sold were bought online by Godani. The accused were planning to sell Rs-1,500 tickets for Rs 31,000 each,” said the officer.
The suspects have been identified as Aman Ashok Jain (18), Surojit Maji (19), Jinkesh Godani (18) and a 17-year-old boy.
“Our officers called up on the mobile number posing as people looking for tickets. On March 30, they fixed a meeting in Mahim. Jain, Maji and two others met our officers. Maji told the team that the person with tickets will not come and asked them to meet him in the Churchgate area the following afternoon,” said a Crime Branch officer who did not wish to be named.
“The police team met Maji the next day. They went to Lalbaug Industrial Estate area for the tickets. Another accomplice handed two tickets to Maji, following which he was arrested. Probe revealed that the advertisement on the website was posted by a 17-year-old, and the tickets being sold were bought online by Godani. The accused were planning to sell Rs-1,500 tickets for Rs 31,000 each,” said the officer.
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